howl

 

what was God’s strategy

when he designed the sexes?

must I believe that even God

was a paternalistic, myopic prick?

the power that put men in charge,

the power that conceived of menopause,

cellulite and estrogen,

the power that handed gravity

the victory of our struggle

with our flesh,

the power that turned my neck

into a wattle,

the power that mandates

the relentless crop of chin hairs?

yes, men grow old too

but many do it without the humiliations

women must tolerate.

their hair either silvers

in pleasing streaks

or falls out to reveal a gleaming pate.

society demands that all girls be pretty

but God does not comply.

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and pretty is not the end all or be all...but, maybe god is up there just laughing his butt off at all of us.

and those crazy problems we put up with and have to live through...
we just have to have patience and tolerance----and let God have his fun.

jacob

[annie lee]

Yes -- we bend and sway to the whims of society, and all that is probably just a waste of time.
read moreYes -- we bend and sway to the whims of society, and all that is probably just a waste of time.